January 30, 2010

Biskut Nestum / Nestum Biscuits

If you are not from South East Asia, you may ask what the heck is Nestum? Well, it is a brand of cereal made by Nestlé very popular in Malaysia and Singapore. I think every Malaysian or Singaporean would have grown up drinking the hot cereal as a child. I love it with Milo and hot milk.

These are biscuits made using Nestum. They are very light and crispy, just nice and not very sweet, but with very aromatic Nestum flavour. I think that due to the amount of bicarbonate of soda used in this particular recipe, the biscuits turned quite brown as they baked, and made them very crispy. However I think 1/2 teaspoon of soda is just a tad too much as I can feel just that slightest hint of soapy taste after eating them. So if you are sensitive to soda, I would suggest you reduce the amount slightly, say 1/3 teaspoon instead of 1/2 teaspoon. I topped mine with red glacé cherries so they are festive for the upcoming Chinese New Year!Makes approx. 35-40 biscuits

3/4 cup Nestlé Nestum, extra for coating
5 red glacé cherries, for toppinghttps://cornercafe.wordpress.com/[Preparation]
1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line two baking sheets with baking paper. Sift flour, baking powder and soda together and then mix in Nestum to combine; set aside. Put the extra Nestum in a wide plate for coating. Cut each glacé cherry into 8 pieces.
2. Beat softened butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in vanilla and egg until combined.
3. Add flour mixture and mix into a soft dough; the dough will be sticky.

Just bought 3 cans of nestum the other day. My daughter loves nestum for breakfast. Maybe I could pinch some and make cookies out of it. I will always buy more than enough because sometimes it’s hard to get one when you really need it.